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Unions unhappy at minimum wage award

Unions WA has lashed out at the latest minimum award wage increase announced by the Industrial Relations Commission.

70,000 litres of petrol spilt at mine
The Northern Territory Department of Resources says it is investigating an unleaded fuel spill at the Rio Tinto Alcan alumina mine and refinery at Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula.

BP must pay for clean-up, Obama tells Cameron
US president Barack Obama told British prime minister David Cameron that he will insist BP pays clean-up costs and meets economic claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.